Category: Blog
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My Only Desire…
Let me begin by addressing the question at hand..my life is certainly not what I pictured a year ago… kinda! I embarked on a trajectory of life a year ago forcibly down a familiar path to find purpose in life. I did not want to take this beaten path but felt like I had no…
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A doorway to the unknown…
Unshackled freedom is what writing embodies in my eyes.. When the pen glances the page or the keys strike, the writer is constrained only by their imagination, skill and perseverance. There is a strange romance to being able to pen your words that may not so easily be uttered, for instance to the love of…
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Overcome Fear!
What fears have you overcome and how? Life can be a scary, uncertain time for many of us. I find this quote below by Sholom Aleichem describes the state of affairs rather aptly… Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.–…
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Being in Love..
Life is full of extremes, from a shower of smiles one moment to a torrent of tears the next. It is also the same extremes we see with finding joy. Some people will chase Joy to the ends of the earth be it through conquest in the business world, political office or some other grand…
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Truth in Love..
In my humble opinion to have an opinion on something, one must first understand the concept you wish to speak about… otherwise that opinion is just ramblings in the dark. To firstly understand friendship, I refer to the definitional meaning as per Britannica which states: friendship, a state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy, and trust between…
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At What Cost?
I often find myself at odds with the benchmarks of success in today’s world.. I am confident you have shared this exact sentiment in your times of reflection. You would have returned home from hard toil at work and thought to yourself I don’t get the point of this.. or scrolling through social media you…
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What do you treasure?
A person’s most prized possessions are the ones they treasure above all else.As a person matures in life they glean from experience that the material is ironically immaterial in the scheme of things. It is not any specific objects of desire or allure that we wish to possess, rather it is the utility, nostalgia and…
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Play to Win…
“It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand.”– Randy Pausch It is folly to sit and pine that someone else has a better life than you and therefore, it is futile to work hard and overcome your circumstance. It is undeniable that life, like a card deck, has brighter days…
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No Regrets…
This life is never static, it is an ever undulating landscape of highs and lows. People who do not strive for more than medeocrity will ride out these undulating hills of life with less wear and tear, than those who dare to risk the leaps we all can take that make our lives infinitely more…
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Murder on the Orient Express…
It was the final year of high school, it was blisteringly cold that day… rain streaming down the windows of the library. The library, a shelter from the elements. I pushed open the door, felt the warm air of the heating system instantly and went and sat down on an old couch in the corner.…
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